meet the maestro
Mark Thielen
Music Director & Conductor
Maestro Thielen has been associated with the Imperial Symphony Orchestra for more than 40 seasons, serving as concertmaster and associate conductor before becoming music director and conductor in 2000.
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Nina Kim was born in Kamchatka, Russia, and started her professional education in violin performance at the age of six. While studying at the Yelizovo Music School in Russia under the tutelage of Marina Selezneva, she won multiple district and regional competitions and received the Gubernatorial Fund Scholarship.
strings
VIOLIN 1
Dr. Nina Kim-Mulla
Concertmaster
Alvaro Pereiro
Associate Concertmaster
William Jackson
Sarah Morrison
David Colon
Konstantin Dimitrov
VIOLIN 2
Marina Tucker
Principal
Joshua Dampier
Dixie Yesenia Ortiz
Jared Tindall
Laura Greenberg
Krister Lawlor
VIOLA
Dr. Rafael Ramirez
Principal
Tracy Thielen
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Sandro Rogenski
Yaniv Cohen
CELLO
Michael Sedloff
Principal
Edevaldo Mulla
Matthew Davis
Audra Thielen
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HARP
Dolly Roberts
Principal
BASS
Michael Lawson
Principal
Fon Silvers
Holly Cordero
woodwinds
FLUTE
Whitney Robles
Principal
Tina Edelstein
OBOE
Jennifer Stahl
Principal
Dawn Hardy
CLARINET
George Linakis
Principal
Ian McIntyre
BASSOON
Dr. June Hammond
Principal
John Iskra
brass
FRENCH HORN
Matthew Tavera
Principal
Joseph Ryan Morrison
Klae Peek
Chase DeCarlo
TROMBONE
Kaylea Bowden
Principal
Douglas Dial
Craig Sotolongo
TRUMPET
Andrew Trey Moore
Principal
Kyle Lanier
Mark Huntington
TUBA
Joseph Alvarez
Principal
percussion
TIMPANI
Dr. Danny Tindall
Principal
PERCUSSION
David Mitchell
Principal
Mirna Pehar Bowen
Tyson Voigt
PIANO
Linda Charlton
Principal